Salt-cellar.



PATBNTED' DBG.`24, 1907. s. P. ISBELL. SALT GELLAR. APPLICATION FILED MAE. 18. 1997.

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STERLING P. ISBELL, OF UKIAH, CALIFORNIA.

SALT-GELLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1907.

Application filed March 18, 1907. Serial No. 362,952.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STERLING P. IsBELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ukiah, in the county of Mendocino and State of California, have invented a new and useful SaltsOellar, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of table articles known as salt shakers or salt cellars, the object of which is to produce asalt shaker consisting of two receptacles, one within the other, and longitudinally movable with relation to each other. The inner receptacle will contain salt and be provided with a perforated closure slidable longitudinally through an opening centrally formed in the cap or outer receptacle, which latter receptacle is of greater length than the inner one, to permit the latter moving within the former.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described andl pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved salt cellar, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same.

Similar numeral of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Broadly stated, the improved salt shaker consists of two parts, an outer receptacle 1 and an inner receptacle 2, adapted to move longitudinally in the outer receptacle. The inner receptacle 2 is made preferably of glass, porcelain or any other suitable, noncorrosive material and sufficiently strong for the use to which it will be applied. It may be cylindrical, square or of any other form desired and of such height and diameter as will make it a convenient article to handle. The top of the receptacle 2 is flat, as shown at 3, forming a shoulder from which extends upwardly a cylindrical neck 4 on the outside of which is formed a screw thread 5. A cap or closure indicated by 6 is formed `with a cylindrical body 7 threaded on its inner side and of a height equal to the length of the neck 4 of the inner receptacle 2. The top 6b of the cap or closure 6 may be flat, or as shown in the drawings, slightly dome shaped and rovided with a number of perforatons 6a t ough which salt is sifted. The cap or closure 6 is screwed on the neck 4 after the receptacle 2 has beenlled until its lower edge bears on the shoulder 3 of the inner receptacle.

Thel outer receptacle 1 is made by preference, though not necessarily, of metal and has an internal shape similar to and of the same diameter as the outside of the receptacle 2 a sufficient space only, being left between them to enable the inner receptacle to slide freely within the outer one without lost motionor rattling. The exterior of the outer casing 1 may have the same shape as the inside or it may differ therefrom in certain respects and be ornamented to suit the taste by enameliug, engraving, relief and intaglio work, or any of the numerous waysknown to workers in gold and silver. The height of the outer receptacle 1 is a little greater than that of the inner receptacle 2, a space 8 being left between the shoulder 3 and the top of the receptacle 1. A cap 9 is screwed on the upper end of the outer receptacle 1 and has a central openin 1() formed therein, through which the bo y 7 of the closure 6 extends. As thus constructed, a suflicient quantity of salt havin been placed in the inner receptacle 2 and the cap 6 screwed on the neck 4, the said receptacle is placed within the other receptacle or case 1 and the cap 9 slipped over the closure 6 and screwed in place on the upper end of the case 1; the shaker is now ready to be used. The case 1 is grasped in the hand and reversed and on being shaken up and down in the usual manner the inner receptacle or salt holder will slide from one end of the case to the other, causin the salt to be shaken out throu h the pe orations 6EL whenever the shoul er 3 strikes the cap 9.

To reduce the shock of the salt receptacle striking the bottom of the case at one end and the top 9 at the other cushions 11, 12 preferably of rubber are attached to the bottom and cap respectively of the case 1. Besides reducing the shock, the cushions prevent the salt holders from being broken when made of lass or porcelain and silence the noise prouced when the two parts come together.

Another great advantage in having the in; ner receptacle movable longitudinally within the outer one is that the shocks received by the inner receptacle when its movement is arrested is suiiicient to keep the salt in the shaker in a constantly loosened condition, prevent it from cakin on the sides and ends and insuring a full elivery of salt in the dampest weather. The great objection to salt shakers now inl use is the readiness with which salt adheres and hardens on the sides and bottom, and fills the perforations in the cover in damp weather; but with the shaker hereinabove described, the jolting of the salt holder keeps the salt from becoming compacted and shakes out a portion of salt each time the shoulders on the inner receptacle strike the cap on the outer casing.

Havin thus described the invention what is claime is 1. A salt shaker comprising an exterior re ceptacle, an interior receptacle for holdin salt shorter than the exterior receptacle and adapted to move endwise therein when shaken in an axial direction and strike against the top and bottom, a closure on the open end of the exterior receptacle having an openin for the neck of the interior receptacle, an a perforated cap closing the neck of the interior receptacle.

2. A salt shaker comprising an exterior receptacle, andan interior receptacle for holding salt shorter than the exterior Yreceptacle and adapted to move freely therein in an endwise direction when shaken axially and strike with a blow the to and bottoni of said exterior receptacle, an cushions between the striking faces at both ends of the receptacles.

3. A salt shaker comprising an exterior receptacle closed at one end7 a cap for the open end having an opening,` a shorter interior receptacle for holding salt movable freely endk wise withinsaid exterior receptacle and having a neck projecting through the opening in the cap thereof, an end perforated closure for the neck of the interior receptacle, and cushions at each end of said exterior recep tacle to break the force of the blow of the inner receptacle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

STERLING I. ISBELL.

Witnesses:

F. C. ALBERTSON! L. J. HoLzHAUsER. 

